Perhaps the experience had been so complete that repetition would be vulgarity - like asking to hear the same symphony twice in a day.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Regrets of the past can be turned into seeds to grow a more positive future or unlearned, doomed to repeat the same.

Many greeted the truth as an enemy. And freedom as well.

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though occurring not a shock.

You know, I'm going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building I work in. I'm going to start thinking of her as a human being.

What’s wrong with just talking? Isn’t that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink—as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed?

Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.

The Bible, itself the ultimate curse, is an in-depth profile of the divine spleen.

A couple of things for the not-so-diminutive man: avoid any prints that are large scale, because you will look like the print is wearing you, as opposed to you wearing the print.

I feel like finding the balance is the struggle with making music in general.